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10/31/2016

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Term

engender

When the boy told the girl that he loved her she was engendered with happiness.

Definition

 

to bring a feeling into existence

 

engender v. (engenders, engendered,

engendering)

Term

pacify

My friend was crying because she lost her ring so I pacified her by getting her a new one.

Definition

  

 

to ease someone's anger; calm someone down 

to ease someone's anger; calm someone down

Term

ardent

I had a hit a homerun in softball so my mom cheered for me and yelled my name from the stands.

Definition

  

 

enthusiastic support


 

ardent adj. (ardently)

Term

exacerbate

 My brother and I were roasting marshmallows but he burned one and tried to blow it out but that only made the flame bigger.

Definition

 

 

to make something go from bad to worse


exacerbate v. (exacerbates, exacerbating, exacerbated, exacerbating)

Term

sagacious

My sister is very sagacious when it comes to cooking.

Definition

 

good judgement; shrewd


adj. (sagaciously)

Term

disolution

Shawn left ana apple in his room for several weeks so the apple started to decompose.

Definition

 


 the disintegration or decomposition of something


n. (dissolutions)

Term

contagion

My brother and sister had the chicken pox so I wouldn't go near them until it was gone because I knew it was contagious.

Definition

 

the spreading of a disease or idea from one person to another through close contact

 
 
n. (contagions)
 
 
Term

pestillence

When the spaniards first came to America the spread the pestillence named small pox.

Definition

 


a fatal epidemic disease, especially the bubonic plague


n. (pestilences)
Term

writhe

My brother writhed in pain he hit his eye and it started twitching.

Definition

 


to make continual twisting movements of the body.


v. (writhes, writhing, writhed)

Term

pivotal

Getting into Pathways was a pivotal moment in Carina's life.


Definition


of crucial importance in relation to the success of something else


adj. (pivot, pivoting, pivots, pivoted)

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